⚠️ "Hello I need to say something important, but I haven't been able to reach you, could you DM me so I can explain further?" NOPE NADA NO ZILCH DON'T RESPOND, THIS IS A SCAM ⚠️
I got an ask before this one a couple days ago that had the same text and, even before this second one even appeared, my scammer radar was going off, so I just ignored it.
Turns out, it is a legitimate scam! Apparently responding to replies or DMs like this will increase the risk of your account being hacked (I've seen some posts saying that, if you respond, they'll say that they "accidentally" reporting your blog and then they'll send time-sensitive instruction that, should you fail, will hack your account). And apparently I heard that the accounts that send these are from real accounts that actually got hacked from answering, but I could be wrong on that.
I thought I'd share this to spread awareness. Y'all be careful out there on the internet! 🖤
